Briant
A boys’ name of Celtic origin, meaning high; noble; a form of Brian.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Briant by the numbers
Briant was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Brian
Like Briant, each of these traces back to Brian: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Briannahigh or noble; feminine form of Brian2,509 in the US (2017)
- Brianahigh or noble; a form of Brian676 in the US (2017)
- Brayannoble; high; variant of Brian346 in the US (2017)
- Bryannanoble; strong; feminine form of Brian188 in the US (2017)
- Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
- Brionnoble or high; a form of Brian16 in the US (2017)
- Brieannastrong or noble; feminine form of Brian14 in the US (2017)
- Brianihigh; noble; a form of Brian8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Briant. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Briant, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Albienoble and bright; from Albert1,702 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Briant
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